ROCOCO & FRENCH LOUIS XV ANTIQUE FIREPLACES
English and French Rococo, antique fireplaces, chimneypieces and mantels including Louis XV, French Regence, English Chippendale & Italian Rococo styles in marble, stone, ceramic and wood.
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Stock: 9180
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A rare and remarkable English Rococo Statuary Marble antique chimneypiece with richly and intricately carved floral and rocaille decoration. The boldly conceived and executed central cartouche bordered by both subtle and high relief floral design with typical English / Irish bordered panel and rocaille carved detail on the underfrieze moulding. Most charming of all are the two Irish Water Spaniels peering out from the large "C" scrolled jambs. English, circa 1760.
This chimneypiece was likely to have been made for a great London House possibly for a ladies room or drawing room.
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Width |
Height |
Depth |
| External |
61 7⁄8"
157.3 cms |
48 3⁄8"
123 cms |
14 13⁄16"
37.5 cms |
| Internal |
42 7⁄8"
109 cms |
38 3⁄8"
97.5 cms |
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Stock: 14240
An elegant & tall Louis XV antique chimneypiece in subtly attractive, mottled coffee coloured, veined marble from a local quarry in Brittany. Provenance: Hotel 'Repaire de Kerroch' in the port of Paimpol, Brittany which has been recently partly converted into apartments, please see last image below. A larger version of fireplace Stock Number 14239, with the same provenance.
French late 18th early 19th century.
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Width |
Height |
Depth |
| External |
57 1⁄8"
145 cms |
46 1⁄4"
117.5 cms |
10 3⁄8"
26.5 cms |
| Internal |
48"
122 cms |
38 3⁄8"
97.5 cms |
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Listed Price: £7,500 (+VAT where applicable)
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Stock: 14355
A rare, monumental and highly ornate Louis XV style deeply carved Statuary Marble antique fireplace surround in the French Baroque Rococo manner with its original cast iron insert. The upper stop fluted coffered frieze sits above and behind an enormous and most elaborately scrolled central cartouche quite simply the flamboyant focus of the whole chimneypiece. The equally massive angled, scrolled and panelled jambs, beneath the two tiered endblocks, are embellished with large acanthus detail. Quatrefoil panels sit above the panelled side returns. The signature of a J. Molinari, and the name Menton are carved above the quatrefoil on the right return shown in the second to last image below.
French, late 19th century.
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Width |
Height |
Depth |
| External |
82 1⁄4"
209 cms |
66 7⁄8"
170 cms |
22 13⁄16"
58 cms |
| Internal |
48 13⁄16"
124 cms |
47 5⁄8"
121 cms |
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Stock: 14239
An elegant Louis XV antique chimneypiece in subtly attractive, mottled coffee coloured, veined marble from a local quarry in Brittany. Provenance: Hotel 'Repaire de Kerroch' in the port of Paimpol, Brittany which has been recently partly converted into apartments, please see last image below. A smaller version of fireplace Stock No. 14240 with the same provenance. French late 18th early 19th century.
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Width |
Height |
Depth |
| External |
67"
170.3 cms |
46 7⁄8"
119 cms |
11 3⁄16"
28.5 cms |
| Internal |
37 5⁄8"
95.5 cms |
39 3⁄16"
99.5 cms |
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Listed Price: £6,500 (+VAT where applicable)
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Stock: 14008
A large arched antique cast iron fire surround in the Rococo style with a rounded rectangular mantel above enriched moulding on the undershelf, repeated around the opening. The delicate foliate detail framed on the spandrels is flanked by very large c-scrolls above jambs which terminate in finely scrolled feet.
English, mid 19th century.
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Width |
Height |
Depth |
| External |
59 5⁄8"
151.5 cms |
45 1⁄2"
115.5 cms |
8 7⁄8"
22.5 cms |
| Internal |
37"
94 cms |
34 5⁄8"
88 cms |
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Listed Price: £4,800 (+VAT where applicable)
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Stock: 11443
A lightly veined grey marble Louis XVI style pompadour antique fireplace surround. The serpentine panelled frieze, centred by an oval paterae, is flanked by panelled endblocks above angled panelled jambs.
French, late 19th century.
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Width |
Height |
Depth |
| External |
48 13⁄16"
124 cms |
42 1⁄8"
107 cms |
14 5⁄8"
37 cms |
| Internal |
32 11⁄16"
83 cms |
33 11⁄16"
85.5 cms |
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Listed Price: £2,800 (+VAT where applicable)
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Stock: 7265
An elegant Louis XV chimneypiece carved from veined Sarrancolin Marble the panelled frieze with a scrolled central cartouche beneath a serpentine shelf.
French, circa 1710.
The shelf is a later replacement.
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Width |
Height |
Depth |
| External |
65 3⁄8"
166 cms |
43 1⁄4"
110 cms |
13"
33 cms |
| Internal |
44 11⁄16"
113.5 cms |
36 5⁄8"
93 cms |
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Listed Price: £8,500 (+VAT where applicable)
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Stock: 12673
A very fine, beautifully and elaborately carved pine English Rococo Fireplace Surround in the manner of Thomas Chippendale. The frieze centred by a very large floral cartouche intrinsic to the frieze, the delicate foliate decoration continuing onto the top of the jambs beneath finely carved scrolled endblocks.
English circa 1750.
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Width |
Height |
Depth |
| External |
72"
183 cms |
45 1⁄2"
115.5 cms |
7 7⁄8"
20 cms |
| Internal |
63"
160 cms |
38 3⁄8"
97.5 cms |
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Listed Price: £6,000 (+VAT where applicable)
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Stock: 8874
A large, rare and splendid English antique Rococo Revival, polished cast iron chimneypiece, complemented with later glorious Greek Cippolino Marino green and ivory swirling veined marble shelf, ingrounds and footblocks. The latter cut from an original plinth from the Elgin Parthenon marbles display at the British Museum in the Duveen Gallery before its relocation in the present gallery. The chimneypiece with the foundry mark: James Yates, Rotherham, Yorkshire, No. 12306, dated December 14th 1843
English 1843.
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Width |
Height |
Depth |
| External |
70 1⁄2"
179 cms |
53 7⁄8"
137 cms |
15"
38 cms |
| Internal |
39"
99 cms |
40 3⁄16"
102 cms |
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Listed Price: £12,000 (+VAT where applicable)
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Antique Fireplace Mantels and Chimneypieces in the Rococo Style of the 18th and 19th centuries. This delicate and playful style, regarded by some at the time as risqué, was established in the 1730’s in France and quickly became widespread throughout Europe. Rococo fireplaces, mantels and chimneypieces in marble, stone and wood ( frequently gilded in the 18th century ), were again prolific in the Rococo Revival period of the early to mid 19th century mostly in Italy and France but many fine and grand examples were exported in great numbers to England, Ireland and Scotland. During the reign of Louis XV and the preceding Regence period a more feminine frivolity and intimacy held sway in the arts as a reaction to the monumental formality of the Baroque period. In England and Germany the Rococo style came under the influence of the Oriental. This was evident in the chimneypiece mantels of Thomas Chippendale. At its best the Rococo style was meant to lighten the mood, to be enjoyed and to encourage gaiety and delight.
Our collection of Antique Rococo fireplaces, chimneypiece and mantels, contains an impressive range in marble, stone and wood. They will enhance any home whether you live in a period house or if you simply want to bring an element of period features to a more modern room design.